Pelecinobaccha costata

Pelecinobaccha costata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Genus:	Pelecinobaccha
Species:	P. costata
Binomial name
Pelecinobaccha costata (Say, 1829)
Synonyms
Ocyptamus costatus (Say, 1829) Baccha costalis Wiedemann, 1830 Baccha costata Say, 1829 Baccha tarchetia Walker, 1849

Pelecinobaccha costata, the cobalt hover fly, is a species of fly in the family Syrphidae. It is distributed from southern Ontario and the eastern United States. The larvae are predators of scale insects.^{[1] [2] [3]}